/*
- * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.2)
- * Copyright (C) 2014 The Jalview Authors
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
*
* This file is part of Jalview.
*
void notifyStart(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
/**
- * check if a calculation of this type is already active
- *
- * @param worker
- * @return
- */
- boolean alreadyDoing(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
-
- /**
- * tell manager that worker is now processing data
+ * tell manager that a thread running worker's run() loop is ready to start
+ * processing data
*
* @param worker
+ * @return true if worker should start processing, false if another thread is
+ * in progress
*/
boolean notifyWorking(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
*
* @param worker
*/
- void workerCannotRun(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
+ void disableWorker(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
/**
* indicate that a worker like this may be run on the platform.
* @param worker
* of class to be removed from the execution blacklist
*/
- void workerMayRun(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
+ void enableWorker(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
+
+ /**
+ * Answers true if the worker is disabled from running
+ *
+ * @param worker
+ * @return
+ */
+ boolean isDisabled(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
/**
* launch a new worker
/**
*
* @param worker
- * @return
+ * @return true if the worker is currently running
*/
boolean isWorking(AlignCalcWorkerI worker);
*
* @param workerClass
*/
- void updateAnnotationFor(Class workerClass);
+ void updateAnnotationFor(Class<? extends AlignCalcWorkerI> workerClass);
/**
* return any registered workers of the given class
* @param workerClass
* @return null or one or more workers of the given class
*/
- List<AlignCalcWorkerI> getRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class workerClass);
-
- /**
- * start any workers of the given class
- *
- * @param workerClass
- * @return false if no workers of given class were registered (note -
- * blacklisted classes cannot be restarted, so this method will return
- * true for blacklisted workers)
- */
- boolean startRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class workerClass);
+ List<AlignCalcWorkerI> getRegisteredWorkersOfClass(
+ Class<? extends AlignCalcWorkerI> workerClass);
/**
* work out if there is an instance of a worker that is *waiting* to start
*
* @param typeToRemove
*/
- void removeRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class typeToRemove);
+ void removeRegisteredWorkersOfClass(
+ Class<? extends AlignCalcWorkerI> typeToRemove);
+ /**
+ * Removes the worker that produces the given annotation, provided it is
+ * marked as 'deletable'. Some workers may need to continue to run as the
+ * results of their calculations are needed, e.g. for colour schemes.
+ *
+ * @param ann
+ */
+ void removeWorkerForAnnotation(AlignmentAnnotation ann);
}